282, Lot: 393. Estimate $150.
Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Arab-Sasanian coinage. Khusro type with bism Allāh rabbī. Circa 666-670. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.40 g, 3h). SK (Sīstān/Sijistān) mint. Dated AH 48 (AD 668/9). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bism allāh - · rabbī in margin; c/m: sēnmurw left within rectangular incuse / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I, 363-4; Album 5; for c/m: cf. Göbl,
Dokumente KM 11/K. Near EF, toned.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 86.
